Verdi: Complete Ballet Music From The Operas / Serebrier, Bournemouth Symphony [blu-ray Audio]

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Label
Naxos AudioVisual
Release Date
March 27, 2012
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      VERDI, GIUSEPPE
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Serebrier
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 27, 2012
    • UPC
      730099002769
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NBD0027
    • LABEL
      Naxos AudioVisual
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Otello, Act III Scene 7: Ballabile

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    2. Act III Scene 1: Ballo I

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    3. Act III Scene 1: Ballo II

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    4. Act III Scene 1: Ballo III

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    5. Act III Scene 1: Pas de quatre

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    6. Act III Scene 1: Pas de deux

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    7. Act III Scene 1: Pas de solo

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    8. Act III Scene 1: Pas d'ensemble

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    9. Don Carlo, Act III Scene 2: Ballo della regina, "La Peregrina"

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    10. Act I Scene 2: Dance No. 3: Danza sacra delle sacerdotesse

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    11. Act II Scene 1: Dance No. 4: Danza dei piccoli schiavi mori

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    12. Act II Scene 2: Dance No. 5: Ballabile

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    13. Act III Scene 1: Pas des Bohemiens

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    14. Act III Scene 1: Gitanilla

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    15. Act III Scene 1: Ensemble

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    16. Act III Scene 2: Sevillana

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    17. Act III Scene 2: Echo du soldat

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    18. Act III Scene 2: La Bohemienne

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    19. Act III Scene 2: Galop

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    20. Act III Scene 2: Le quattro stagioni: L'inverno

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    21. Act III Scene 2: Le quattro stagioni: La primavera

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    22. Act III Scene 2: Le quattro stagioni: L'estate

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier

    23. Act III Scene 2: Le quattro stagioni: L'autunno

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: José Serebrier


This is an audio-only (i.e., with no video content) Blu-ray disc playable only on Blu-ray players.

Also available on standard CD

This unique programme is the first time that all the ballet music from Verdi’s operas has been brought together in a singe recording. Although The Four Seasons from I vespri siciliani (The Sicilian Vespers) and the ballet scenes from Aida and Otello have survived, substantial pieces from Il trovatore and Don Carlo are more often cut, while the ballet from Jérusalem is all but unknown. José Serebrier’s recordings with the Bournemouth Symphony have resulted in some great successes with unusual repertoire. This release will be of interest both to opera enthusiasts and to those eager to explore Verdi’s neglected and relatively small body of concert music.

R E V I E W:

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VERDI Complete Ballet Music from the Operas José Serebrier, cond; Bournemouth SO NAXOS 8.57218-19 (2 CDs: 115:22); NAXOS NBD0027 (Blu-ray audio: 115:22)


This pair of discs includes ballet music from Otello, Macbeth, Jérusalem, Don Carlo, Aida, Il trovatore , and I vespri Siciliani —much of it music we don’t get to hear in performances of these operas. The most direct competition for this set is the four-disc Chandos series featuring all of this music plus all the preludes and overtures, with the BBC Philharmonic under Edward Downes. If you have those discs, this would probably be a needless duplication. But comparing the performances demonstrates Serebrier to be the more interpretively interesting conductor. Downes’s performances are more than competent, and he does hold one’s interest throughout what is not always first-rate music. I reviewed the Downes recordings as they were released, in Fanfare 20:5, 21:6, and 23:5.


Serebrier, however, brings to the music a greater variety of color, more rhythmic energy, and a wider range of ideas about phrasing. The vitality of his rhythm is perhaps the most significant difference, and it can be heard everywhere, in slow or fast music. The extra lilt he brings, for example, to the waltz right after the introduction of the Don Carlo ballet brings a smile to the listener.


There are fine, comprehensive notes to accompany the disc, and Naxos’s recorded sound is well balanced and clear, if a bit closer-in than the Chandos. While not all of this music is at Verdi’s most inspired level, none of it is unworthy of our attention. Second-rate Verdi is still better than most composers’ gems! Serebrier’s colorful, charming, and highly committed performances, and the Bournemouth Symphony’s excellent playing, make this a highly recommendable disc.


FANFARE: Henry Fogel